PetrJoe/render

Django on Render

This is a simple project developed using Django framework and it contains the settings required for successfull deployment of Django projects on Render.

Setup

Below are the steps to follow to setup this project locally on your machine;

• Clone the project locally on your machine using git clone
• Create and activate a new virtual enviroment.
• To install dependencies run

pip install -r requirements.txt

• Go to the projects setting.py file and remove the comments in the database section.

• In your terminal execute the following commands to makemigrations and migrate to database

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Using PostgreSQL Database

Comment the database section out completely and paste the follwing lines of code beneath it.

DATABASES = {  
    'default': {  
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
        'NAME': 'database_name',  
        'USER': 'database_user',  
        'PASSWORD': 'Database_password',  
        'HOST': 'database_host.oregon-postgres.render.com',  
        'PORT': '5432',
    }  
}

Build command

./build.sh

Start command

gunicorn project_name.wsgi:application

Using Default Database

Comment the database section out completely and paste the follwing lines of code beneath it.

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}

Using No Database

Comment the database section out completely and paste the follwing lines of code beneath it.

DATABASES = {}

To setup database on render click new then select postgrel db

Fill in your name and the name of the database

Don't forget to import dj-database-url at the beginning of the file
import dj_database_url
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#database

DATABASES = {
    'default': dj_database_url.config(
        default=database external connection string that start with postgre',
        conn_max_age=600
    )
}

Access your database data here

# https://pgweb-demo.fly.dev
click on scheme and paste your external connection string there then login

After connecting to render database

Run the following command locally
python manage.py makemigration
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser


# Note: You have to do this locally, you don't have access to render terminal since you're using free account there